Not every robot needs to be shaped like a human, or some kind of mech with long grappling arms and glowing red eyes. Canbot, made by Ron Tajima (who also narrates the video,) is a complex yet inconspicuous little robot that you would never pick out of a crowded table full of toys to be the one that can move and interact with objects on its own. Plus, it looks like a beer can: Kirin Ichiban to be exact.

Canbot started life as a beer can, but given the amount of gear that Tajima managed to cram into its body, it’s been a while since beer was inside. The bot is controlled by an mbed control board and is powered by four rechargeable batteries (they look like AAA) hidden under the bot’s “head.” It also has three legs, each independently controlled by a pair of dedicated servo motors.

Tajima uses a Wiimote to control Canbot, and can make him transform, stand up, and walk around using the buttons on the remote. He can even press the “home” button to make Canbot transform back into a can. The bot will even roll around if it’s lying on its side, opening and closing the leg “doors” until it gets some momentum in a given direction.

Perhaps the best thing about Canbot is that Tajima refers to it as “a Canbot,” and as the “first handmade prototype.” That means he’s clearly planning on making more, and improving on his current design. We think it’s incredible, but his son, who’s shown in the video, doesn’t seem as impressed. He’s probably just bemused at another one of his father’s inventions – if we had to hazard a guess, we would bet that Tajima is quite the at-home tinkerer, and we like that.